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Apollo's Fire Baroque FY2023 filing

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Cleveland Hts, OH501(c)(3)Since 1992Arts & Culture EIN 34-1696842Revenue $2.7M in FY2023

On file with the IRSapollosfire.org3091 Mayfield Rd Ste 217, 44118-1777 · Cleveland Hts, OHTax-exempt since Sep 1992Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Performing on historical instruments, Apollo's Fire brings to life the music of the past for audiences of today, with passion. Period. Named for the ancient god of music, healing, and the sun, Apollo's Fire is a grammy-winning ensemble founded by harpsichordist and conductor jeannette sorrell. The organization provides professional performances of Baroque and classical orchestral repertoire on period instruments for audiences in northeast ohio, chicago (through its chicago series), and at the national and international levels.Apollo's Fire is dedicated to the performance of 17th- and 18th-century music on the period instruments for which IT was written. The ensemble unites a select pool of early-music specialists from throughout north america and has received international recognition for its performances, recordings, tours, and broadcasts.through its education programs, Apollo's Fire provides instruction and exposure to early music for young people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$211K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $158K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$211K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $190K
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Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$190K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
27
of 27 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.7M
-20% vs prior year
Spent
$2.7M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.7M
FY2023▼ -20%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$3.2M
FY2025$2.8M
Expenses
$2.7M
FY2023▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$3.3M
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2023▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$895K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$2.2M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending July 2023) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1992.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $2.3M Management & general 7% · $200K Fundraising 9% · $243K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

30 people listed on the 990; $211K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Jeannette Sorrell
Artistic Director
$100,500Pt VII · Sec A
Noha Ryder
Interim Managing Director
$57,823Pt VII · Sec A
Sidney Curt Hancock
General Manager
$52,325Pt VII · Sec A
Karl Bekeny
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
William a Powel III
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ryan Siebel
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jeannette Sorrell’s $104K as Ex Officio is at the 36th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jeannette Sorrell$104,474$105,004$100,500$95,000—$78,000
Howard Bender———$103,000$83,882—
Curt Hancock$93,000$88,900————
Noha Ryder——$57,823$18,835$39,220$78,000
Sidney Curt Hancock——$52,325———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Performs Baroque music on period instruments and educates youth in early music.

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1 program · $2.3M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Subscription Series and Tour Send-Off Concerts

Grammy-winning baroque orchestra apollo's fire's 2022-23 season marked its 31ST season under founding artistic director jeannette sorrell. The season comprised subscription concerts, holiday concerts, and tour send-off concerts eight programs for a total of 29 concerts performed in multiple venues across northeast ohio.

$2.3Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$73K
Jewish Federation of ClevelandFY2024$55K
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$25K
Akron Community FoundationFY2024$22K
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFY2024$16K
Total grants receivedfrom 5 funders$190K
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Money outPt IX
$2.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.3M
Managementcol C$200K
Fundraisingcol D$243K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$190K
PeoplePt VI, VII
30
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a27
IndependentVI 1b27
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$356K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$115K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$181K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Total revenueLn 12$2.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$656K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$190K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 6175
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$466K$656K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K$7K
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$253K$190K
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M$2.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$110K$58K$52K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$489K$316K$59K$114K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$50K$36K$5K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$47K$34K$5K$9K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$39K$17K$15K$7K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$217K$216K$645$1K
Office expensesLn 13$74K$49K$15K$10K
Information technologyLn 14$39K$22K$7K$10K
OccupancyLn 16$106K$93K$5K$8K
TravelLn 17$357K$348K$2K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$3K$216$311
InsuranceLn 23$6K$3K$965$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$1.1M$35K$48K
All other expensesLn 24e$24K$6K$17K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.7M$2.3M$200K$243K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.8M$3.3M−$481K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.2M$2.8M$452K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $2.7M$2.7M$17K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.4M$2.6M$788K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.0M$1.7M$213K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.8M$1.9M−$39K$895K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,737,137 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,579,112$1,676,719
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $899,419$1,017,746
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $874$20,247
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$42,162$22,425
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,437,243$2,737,137
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $668,497$696,534
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,980,970$2,023,447
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,649,467$2,719,981
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $787,776$17,156
Part VI · Governance 27 of 27 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body27
VI-1b Independent voting members27
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,737,137 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $34,226 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$180,705
VIII-1e Government grants$356,019
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,139,995
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$114,564
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,676,719
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,017,746$1,017,746
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $20,247$20,247
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$34,689−$34,689
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $15,271 · Unrelated business $7,617$22,888
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,067,243 · Unrelated business $7,617 · Excluded from tax −$14,442$2,737,137
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,719,981 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $57,823 · Management $52,325$110,148
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $316,212 · Management $58,573 · Fundraising $114,029$488,814
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $35,910 · Management $4,933 · Fundraising $9,604$50,447
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $33,545 · Management $4,608 · Fundraising $8,972$47,125
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $17,305 · Management $14,549 · Fundraising $7,450$39,304
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $215,677 · Management $645 · Fundraising $1,122$217,444
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $48,870 · Management $14,701 · Fundraising $9,963$73,534
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $22,132 · Management $6,703 · Fundraising $9,853$38,688
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $93,194 · Management $5,371 · Fundraising $7,895$106,460
IX-17 TravelPrograms $348,075 · Management $1,645 · Fundraising $6,945$356,665
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,191 · Management $216 · Fundraising $311$3,718
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,185 · Management $965 · Fundraising $1,418$5,568
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,076,198 · Management $34,635 · Fundraising $47,672$1,158,505
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,085 · Fundraising $17,476$23,561
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,277,402 · Management $199,869 · Fundraising $242,710$2,719,981
Part X · Balance sheet $2,147,488 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,424,253$1,199,148
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $168,659$100,954
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $22,745$144,594
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $12,836$13,504
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $46,908$26,278
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,672$6,954
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $465,768$656,056
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,151,841$2,147,488
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $210,455$98,231
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $42,619$92,121
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $253,074$190,352
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,535,220$1,598,703
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $363,547$358,433
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,898,767$1,957,136
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,151,841$2,147,488
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,957,136 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,737,137
XI-2 Total expenses$2,719,981
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$17,156
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,898,767
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$41,214
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,957,136

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